... are indispensable to implement maintenance norms, but because they may help and/or simplify its implementation. The most relevant ISO norms for the present discussion are the following: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Maintenance programmes International standards Competitive strategy...

... of a significant bond among the five components of maintenance (Jonsson, 1997), not only creates harmony among them, but makes the maintenance system more effective. Plant maintenance Business process re‐engineering Maintenance programmes Preventive maintenance Reengineering Framework...

... information, drawings and specifications that are necessary in the performance of system maintenance functions. Jezdimir Knezevic can be contacted at: jk@mirceakademy.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Maintenance Quality Maintenance programmes Quality processes Faulty...

... with maintenance IT procurement are scarce and do not cover the full procurement process, and no empirical studies within the area have been found. Mirka Kans can be contacted at: mirka.kans@lnu.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Sweden Maintenance programmes Information technology...

... studies into actual condition‐based maintenance practice. Jasper Veldman can be contacted at: j.veldman@utwente.nl © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Maintenance programmes Condition monitoring Production processes Case studies The aim of this article is to examine whether...

..., equipment failures could have serious consequences on the competitiveness of a company. It is therefore crucial to have a maintenance program in place in order to increase the reliability, and thus, the availability, of production equipment. Preventive maintenance (PM) strategies constitute one possible...

... but efficient methods are evaluated in terms of two criteria: aircraft maximization and flight load smoothing. Maintenance programmes Aircraft industry As many airline companies have a hub and spoke structure, we used the same kind of geographical network, with one hub. In a mono hub and spoke...

... and acceptance probability functions in particular to this SA algorithm implementation are described as follows: Syed Asif Raza can be contacted at: asif_s@encs.concordia.ca © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Job sequence loading Maintenance programmes Production scheduling...

... be contacted at: massimo.bertolini@unipr.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Decision support systems Decision trees Maintenance programmes Regression analysis In this paper a statistical analysis multivariate model is proposed for the prediction of the expected spill cause category...

... expectation and does not take into account the risk levels respectively associated to each strategy. Higher the risk aversion parameter is, higher becomes the “price of uncertainty”. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Preventive maintenance Maintenance programmes Risk management...

... to maximize the steady state availability. It is also easy to implement. Originality/value This new strategy would appear to be more efficient than the previous basic block replacement strategy. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Replacement control Maintenance programmes Production...

... and maintenance. The value of a farm tractor depends upon the unfailing and efficient operation. The tractor has been manufactured such that it can sustain thousands of hours of serviceable life. These hours can however be realized only by having in place, a systematic maintenance programme and by providing...

... of organizational objectives beyond the equipment maintenance‐subsystem goals and add an array of benefits in the value chain across the various functional areas. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Manufacturing industries Maintenance programmes Semiconductors The paper is detailing a real...

...Raouf S.I. Abdul, P. Engr. (Ont.) Ray S.   Beebe . Predictive Maintenance of Pumps Using Condition Monitoring . Elsevier , , ISBN: 185617085 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Maintenance programmes Pumbs Condition monitoring Pumps play a very...

... deficiencies in existing off‐the‐shelf CMMSs. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Fuzzy logic Analytical hierarchy process Maintenance programmes In this paper, the author proposes to implement the holonic concept in maintenance systems. The main features of the holonic concept...

... the cost of operations and maintenance in the emerging business environment, and stresses that there is a need to move from a plant‐based policy to a more or less long‐term business‐oriented approach. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Oil industry Gas industry Operations management Maintenance programmes...

... developed in the company will provide a basis for recommended maintenance strategies (including preventive maintenance), training, documentation, spare part logistics, product support, etc. Maintenance programmes Product management Reliability management Failure (mechanical) Life cycle costs...

... Construction industry Plant and machinery Maintenance programmes Artificial intelligence Operators Safety Rising labour costs in developed nations has engendered an increasing reliance upon machinery, not only to curtail labour costs, but also to increase productivity and thus business...

... strategy and thus expenditure levels over extended time horizons. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Maintenance programmes Costs Accounting Performance measurement Water industry The water industry in England and Wales was privatised in 1989. The industry is regulated by a number of government...

... be divided into the five groups: © MCB UP Limited 2002 Housing Local authorities Maintenance Maintenance programmes For many building owners, local authorities and housing associations, building maintenance costs are rising rapidly. This rapid increase in building maintenance costs...